Vocabulary
Age of Contact
Conquistadors
Cabeza de Vaca
La Salle
100
Spanish soldier/explorer in search of the 3 G’s.
Conquistador
100
What era is known for Native American Indians coming into contact with Europeans exploring Texas?
Age of Contact
100
What is Pineda known for?
Mapping the Texas Coastline.
100
What is Cabeza de Vaca known for?
Exploring Texas and reporting back to Europe.
100
What was the name of the colony that La Salle established?
Fort St. Louis
200
travel for discovery
Exploration
200

What is an economical motivation for Spain during the Age of Contact?

Gold

200
What year did Pineda map out the Gulf of Mexico coastline?
1519
200
What year did Cabeza de Vaca reach Mexico City?
1537
200
What year did La Salle come to Texas?
1685
300

A journey undertaken by a group of people.

Expedition

300
Put the following events in chronological order. -Cabeza de Vaca reports on Texas -Pineda maps Texas -La Salle establishes Fort St. Louis
Pineda maps Texas Cabeza de Vaca reports on Texas La Salle establishes Fort St. Louis
300

What country sent Conquistadors?

Spain

300
What was the title of Cabeza de Vaca's writings about Texas?
La Revelacion
300
What bay did La Salle establish his colony on?
Matagorda Bay
400
What are the 3 G's?
Gold, Glory, God
400

How did the Spanish find "glory"?

Becoming famous by discovering new land, crops, and animals for Spain.

400

What Mesoamerican tribe did Cortes defeat?

The Aztecs

400
Which Native American tribe captured and enslaved Cabeza de Vaca for 7 years?
Karankawa
400
Where was La Salle supposed to start his colony?
The mouth of the Mississippi River.
500

Land where people establish a community

Settlement

500

Name a political motivation for exploration.

to expand an empire's power by increasing its size

500

What was Coronado's expedition?

To find the 7 cities of gold (Cibola)

500
How is Cabeza de Vaca important to Texas History?
Spain would have not learned of Texas.
500
Why was La Salle killed by his own men?
They thought he brought them bad luck. (shipwrecked, attacked by Indians, diseases, got them lost)
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